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Showing Original Post only (View all)My friend whose family was beaten to death by gestapo [View all]
in the WWII years (and they were not Jews, but Germans who didnt go along with the Reich), told me that what scares her so much now is that even as a child, she remembers the anger and hatred that was stirred up amongst all the people. We had this conversation because my family was deported from Latvia by people who were also incited by anger and hateful speech.
If you think the hateful tweets dont really make much difference, think again. It could be your father that gets beaten to death by the ppl who hang on to all of this hateful rhetoric.
No hyperbole here. Sadly it happened to millions.
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Control? It is a means of control. The modern hatemongers are very frightening. nt
Hekate
Feb 2018
#17
God, that is so horrible! I can't imagine such cruelty although I know it has and does
smirkymonkey
Feb 2018
#7
It has happened here-- not a nation gone insane like Germany in the 30s with...
TreasonousBastard
Feb 2018
#6
Folks we don't have to go back to far in American history, look at the 50s/60s when KKK
iluvtennis
Feb 2018
#10
unfortunately they put him on 600 stations, many major, so no one could escape it
certainot
Feb 2018
#36
I agree. That's why it's important to protest and speak out in the face of hatred & hostility
Honeycombe8
Feb 2018
#26